As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic's indentures are at last over and he happily leaves the service of the pirates. When Frederic meets the beautiful Mabel, one of the many daughters (or wards in Chancery) of Major-General Stanley, they fall in love and decide to marry. However, complications arise when the pirates decide to marry the rest of the Major-General's daughters, themselves - and Frederic's birthdate turns out to be not all it seems. Filmed live from the 1985 Stratford Festival in Ontario.
Jeff Hyslop
as Frederic
Brent Carver
as The Pirate King
Caralyn Tomlin
as Mabel
Douglas Chamberlain
as Maj. Gen. Stanley
Pat Galloway
as Ruth
Jim White
as Samuel
Stephen Beamish
as Sergeant of Police
Karen Skidmore
as Kate
Karen Wood
as Edith
Alison Grant
as Isabel
Wendy Abbott
as Blue Stocking
